How Palace Hopes The Settlement of Dipo Alam's Dispute with Media

Dipo ALam

Presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha has expressed hope that the dispute between Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam and Media Group would be solved well. But he admitted here on Monday that to date President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had so far not given any directives to Dipo Alam to seek the best possible solution to his problem with Media Group.

"We certainly expect the best possible solution to the case, although there has yet to be any directives from the president to Dipo Alam to do so," Julian said.

The presidential spokesman reiterated what Dipo Alam had done in relation with Media Group was his personal business and had nothing to do with his job as an aide to the President. Therefore, Julian said, any legal consequences of Dipo Alam’s actions were his own personal responsibility.

"He acted in his own capacity and thus the legal process is certainly his own responsibility," Julian said, adding that Dipo Alam’s criticism of certain media was not to obstruct press freedom.

The conflict between Dipo Alam and Media Group has entered the legal domain after the latter reported the former to the police.

Source : Antara